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When my friend Pastor Benjamin in Munich, Germany posted this photo on Facebook by photographer Joel Robison, I connected with it immediately. It speaks volumes about imagination and, I believe, cuts to the heart of the creative process. Look at its imagery. Joel has taken a simple photo of himself posing in front of a…
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Saw this tonight on CNN.com. Apparantly an atheist has come to terms with one problem that humans cannot solve apart from a belief in God: the moral compass. Read the following Scripture and then the article excerpt below. “When outsiders who have never heard of God’s law follow it more or less by instinct, they…
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Author’s note: I’m writing this entry about denominational division, not individual church spats. Some elements apply but I am not focusing on the micro, a.k.a. the local church, just the macro. ——————————————- Today I was reading about the formation of what might be another major denominational split. The divisive issue is not uncommon in church…
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As I was going through some papers in my desk drawer today I came across an old “Feedback” comment card that our church uses to track visitors and connect members. Late last year someone in our congregation had a gripe about something they heard or saw in the worship service. They simply wrote, “We don’t…
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Moses said to the LORD, “You have been telling me, ‘Lead these people,’ but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. You have said, ‘I know you by name and you have found favor with me.’ If you are pleased with me, teach me your ways so I may know…
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For Part One of “When the Needle Disappears” click here: https://johncnewton.wordpress.com/2011/02/24/when-the-needle-disappears/ Disorientation is one of life’s toughest challenges. We wrestle with finding our place in this world and look to outside constants to ascertain who we are — and where we are. Whenever I fly I love to sit by the window so that I…
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As I was reading entertainment news last night and surfing the web, I wondered what was going on in the life of one of the planet’s most adventurous and controversial survival show hosts: Bear Grylls. You see, back in March Discovery Channel announced that it had parted ways with Bear over a “contract dispute.” Despite…
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Here’s a link to my latest article, published online at Examiner.com. The more page views my articles receive, the better the compensation, so… will ya help a brother out? Talimena Drive exposes Oklahoma’s mountain majesty.
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Last weekend I devoted myself to reading a book by Duane Elmer called “Cross-Cultural Servanthood” for the next step in my Core Training for Christian Associates. I was preparing my assignments and reports for the “Culture” module of our training and the book was required reading. So I hesitantly put aside my dislike for books…
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I saw a report on ABC’s Nightline last night about an archaeologist, Simcha Jacobovski, who claims to have found a 1st Century tomb in Jerusalem that contains ossuaries (burial bone boxes) with early Christian carvings on them. The carvings, he says, are of resurrection imagery and language, including a reference to Jonah and Jesus and…
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